Clinical outcome of standardized oxygen therapy nursing strategy in COVID-19

Autor: Yuxia Zhang, Shining Cai, Jingjing Li, Wenyan Pan, Chunling Wang, Yufeng Ou, Yitao Wu
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Annals of Palliative Medicine. 9:2171-2177
ISSN: 2224-5839
2224-5820
DOI: 10.21037/apm-20-1272
Popis: BACKGROUND: Novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. However, a technical standard for oxygen therapy nursing, as well as how this would improve clinical outcomes and symptoms, is yet to be explored. METHODS: From February 9, 2020, to March 31, 2020, 58 patients of confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to the 20th ward of the Eastern Branch, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University. Fifteen patients who did not receive oxygen therapy and 13 patients who were transferred from other hospitals were excluded. The rest of the 30 patients that received standardized oxygen therapy in our unit were included in the study. Baseline characteristics, symptoms, and finger pulse oxygen saturation were collected during hospitalization. RESULTS: Clinical outcomes of the 30 patients were as follows: 27 patients (90.00%) were cured and discharged; 3 patients (10.00%) who continued to stay in hospital were stabilized with symptoms relieved. The fingertip oxygen saturation was 94.80%±3.49% at ICU admission and 97.8%±1.27% when transferred out of ICU after standardized oxygen therapy (P
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